A science technician who spent 42 years at Duncanrig Secondary School has bade a fond farewell to staff and pupils.

Anne Mylchreest, from The Murray, was one of the most familiar faces at Duncanrig.

She spent five years at the school as a pupil in the 1960s and retired recently.

Anne joined the Duncanrig staff back in 1971 after completing her training as a science technician at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow.

In her four decades at the school, she has worked under six headteachers including the present incumbent George Randall, over the premierships of no less than eight Prime Ministers of all political persuasions, while contributing in a positive way to the scientific education of countless thousands of pupils.

In that time Anne has also witnessed many changes in the Scottish education system itself.

One of the highlights of the popular technician’s remarkable period of longevity at the school was her receipt in 2011 of the Salter Science Technician of the Year Award, following a nomination by the school’s science department.

The honour, according to principal teacher of physics, Henry Clements, was richly deserved.

He told the News: “It is because Anne carried out her job so efficiently, so effectively, that she will be sorely missed.”

Having dedicated herself to her career for so long, Anne said she is keeping herself busy, at least in the short term, with a luxury cruise to some of the world’s hot-spots planned for later in the year.

And, no doubt, the former technician will continue to keep in touch with other Duncanrig retirees, teachers Sue Clark and Rena Deans, with whom she remains close.